Archive for March, 2010
« Previous EntriesBetaCup Reboot!
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Hey, remember the BetaCup challenge? We posted about it back in December, and then had a great interview with BetaCup founder Toby a few months ago about his innovative project to come up with a better cup that would replace disposables and be more convenient than the current reusables out there. We were sad to [...]
A Year of Veganishness
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010My gosh, I am flabbergasted that it’s been a year since I first posted about making a trial run of going vegan. A year, people! Time is flying. My impetus at the time was the Meat Out event, which encourages folks to “kick the meat habit (at least for a day) and explore a wholesome, [...]
Looking Back At Tiny Purchasing Choices
Monday, March 29th, 2010In the last month or so, I’ve had a couple of conversations about my Soda Club seltzer maker - if you recall, I bought it two years ago because I was tired of going through several liter bottles of seltzer (all plastic!). The conversations go sort of like this: How much did that cost? it’s [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: ReSell!
Saturday, March 27th, 2010So you’ve got extra stuff around the house, and it’s time to declutter? The easiest way to offload your precious goods is to donate them- but another great option is to resell them! Take some photos and list them for free on Craigslist, or for a small fee on eBay. This way, your stuff will [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Melissa B.!
Friday, March 26th, 2010Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Melissa B., 26, St. Louis, MO, http://hergreenlife.wordpress.com How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? Apartment in a four-family building with my husband. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. Choice, mostly. While multi-family housing is generally better for the environment, most of [...]
Beekeeping is Legal in NYC!
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Have ya’ll heard the news? Beekeeping was just made legal in NYC! There have always been folks keeping hives around the five boroughs- but it wasn’t quite a legal activity, as bees were in the same classification as poisonous snakes and therefore banned. But beekeepers have been flying (hah!) under the radar for some [...]
Searching for Sunscreen
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010It’s getting warmer and I want to spend more time outside - and along with that is my need to make sure that I’m protecting my skin from the Harsh Light of Day. Not that I’m a sparkly vampire or anything - no! I am just very fair, and can burn in 10 min. flat [...]
A Second Life
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010My sister in law Trish is a regular reader of Tiny Choices, which tickles me to no end! And when we were talking the other day, she told me about a tiny choice her and my brother recently made which she thought I should write about here. And it’s a good one, so I agree- [...]
The SunChips Mylar Bag Solution
Monday, March 22nd, 2010After a gorgeous and busy and out-of-doors kind of day on Saturday (Welcome, Spring! We Love You!) we decided to have a treat: snack food and ice cream for dinner. And of course when we saw a weirdly crinkily bag of SunChips we had to buy it, because it said all over it: COMPOSTABLE. Um, [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Have a Constitutional!
Saturday, March 20th, 2010It used to be that people would sit out on the porch or go for an evening constitutional - that is, take a moment to stroll around the neighborhood, greet friends and neighbors on THEIR porches, and settle stomachs after dinner and before bedtime. As the seasons change this weekend (either from winter to spring [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Leslie!
Friday, March 19th, 2010Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Leslie R., 31, Louisiana; Pixiepine Blog: http://cuppapixie.blogspot.com How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? We live in a single family home: 2 adults, 2 kids, 3 pets. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. We decided to buy a home last summer [...]
Chewing Gum for Good…ish
Thursday, March 18th, 2010I bought two packs of gum recently, which is a bit odd for me, as I’m not a huge gum fan. But this gum is by Project 7 and is called “Feed the Hungry” gum. I was skeptical but curious, and figured if nothing else the subject would make a good blog post… The flat [...]
Urban Farming in Detroit
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010A few weeks ago I came across an article that I’ve been mulling over ever since - about the millionaire John Hantz and his plan to make Detroit into an ultra modern urban farm. See, Detroit has been dealing with foreclosures and urban blight for longer than most of us - and now it’s looking [...]
Electric Bikes Are Kinda Cool!
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010I’ve been noticing a lot more of those electric bikes around town lately, and they’ve got me a’pondering. I’ve not really been sure of my feelings towards them, but after reading this Treehugger article, I think I get the point a little bit more than I did. The way I see it, they’re a bit [...]
No-Till Gardening?
Monday, March 15th, 2010I’m entering into Spring Number 1 in my new home, which means the first year to get a real start on planting a garden from scratch. Last year when we were cleaning up the yard (I moved here just too late for setting seeds, but just in time for the annual “oh we didn’t rake [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Fixit!
Saturday, March 13th, 2010Taking a tip from the Fixers Collective in Brooklyn, NY: start to think about the things in your life which can be coaxed back into life. The Collective have repaired favorite umbrellas with broken spines, brought ceiling fans back to three working speeds, and reattached workboot soles. While some fixes may require detailed knowledge, others [...]
Friday Tiny Confessions
Friday, March 12th, 2010So, as happens occasionally, we are out of surveys. [big hint! go fill one out! and send it to us!] and the Favorite Green Place has never taken off [um, it's not too late to share one of those with us either!] So, what to do for Friday content? it’s TINY CONFESSION TIME! We’ve done [...]
Tiny Tea Choices
Thursday, March 11th, 2010I was making myself a cup of SleepyTime tea the other night, when this statistic printed on the box caught my eye: “Because these natural fiber tea bags don’t need strings, tags, staples or individual wrappers, we’re able to save more than 3.5 million pounds of waste from entering landfills every year” That’s an impressive [...]
Tiny Choosin’ Keeping Me Healthy
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010I have to preface this post with: I am not a doctor! nor a medical professional of any sort. So take everything here with a grain of salt (so to speak). Because of my day job as an environmental engineer who occasionally has need to go onto hazardous waste sites, OSHA requires that I have [...]
Tell Me What to Grow
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Sure, it’s still winter here in the Northeastern U.S., but with recent temperatures in the balmy and beautiful 50s, I’m beginning to have springtime daydreams. In fact, I just noticed the first little pointy and tenacious green buds beginning to poke their heads out of the urban soil around a street tree on my block- [...]
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